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* In the ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' anime series, Umi has to wear a ''very'' [[Stripperiffic]] odalisque outfit [[Go-Go Enslavement|when captured by the Chizeta princesses]], and one of the reasons why she's NOT happy to dress up in it is that she's sure she's put on weight lately.

 

 

== Films -- Animated ==

* Similarly, in Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', there's a moment when the Genie first meets Aladdin that he says

{{quote|You're a lot smaller than my last master -- either that, or I'm getting bigger. <feminine tone> Look at me from the side, do I look different to you?}}

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

== Live-Action TV ==

* In ''[[The Nanny]]'', Brighton (who was probably 14) explains this to his father:

* Subverted in ''[[Married... with Children|Married With Children]]'', "Episode 809: No Ma'am":

{{quote|'''Al Bundy:''' It's not ''the dress'' that makes you look fat--it's ''the fat'' that makes you look fat!}}

** In a later episode Cameron, who's starting to get the hang of this teenage communication thing, asks a male student if the two pizza slices she's eaten make her look fat. The student, his proverbial tongue hanging out, naturally replies that [[Ms. Fanservice|she looks just fine]].

** According to Joss Whedon: What were [[Summer Glau]]'s first words on the set of ''[[Firefly]]''? "Does this cryogenic chamber make me look fat?"

{{quote|'''Joss Whedon''': Does this series finale make my butt look big?

'''Voice from off-camera''': No. ''You'' make your butt look big.

* Tony DiNozzo references the trope in the ''[[NCIS]]'' episode "Faking It," as part of an ongoing argument with Ziva about men lying to women: "'Honey, does my butt look big in these pants to you?' Actually, yes, sweetheart, your butt looks as big as Alabama. Didn't want to say anything, but you've got the 'bama butt going on."

** Ziva looks offended after Tony said, " Didn't want to say anything, but you've got the 'bama butt going on.". Tony then tries to clean his mess up by saying, " Not that your butt is big, not that I've even looked.". Ziva calls him a liar for saying he's never looked.

* In ''[[Doctor Who]],'' sprinkle in a little [[Hypocritical Humor]] and it shows one way how this trope can still work. In "Amy's Choice," Rory, Amy, and the Doctor all have a shared dream where Amy is very, ''very'' pregnant.

{{quote|'''Amy''': Yes, I was huge. I was a boat.

'''Amy''': ''(angry)'' Are you calling me a boat? }}

* In one episode of ''[[The Red Green Show]]'', Red explains that the life of a middle-aged man is just as risky as the life of a young man who does extreme sports. One example of a risky situation is a husband being asked this question by his wife.

 

== Music ==

'''Wanda:''' I wouldn't suggest trying it. }}

** This trope was used in another Sunday strip around the same year; Daryl and Zoe are playing the game where the parent says "How big is my baby? Soooo big!" Wanda, not realizing what they're doing, happens to walk in on them, asking how her butt looked in a pair of jeans, to which Daryl inadvertently responds "Sooooo big!" This, of course, has a hilariously violent result for poor Daryl.

 

 

{{quote|'''Andy Parsons''':"Do you think wearing this bustle makes my arse look big?"}}

* [[Robin Williams]] brings up a variation of this in his "Live on Broadway" special:

 

== Theatre ==

 

== Videogames ==

 

 

== Webcomics ==

* In ''[[Misfile]]'' [[Can Not Tell a Lie]] Angel Vashiel was asked by another Angel if a dress made her look fat. His reply that "it didn't make her look as fat as all her other clothes" led to what he described as "the most painful day ever".

* Invoked in ''[[Freefall]]'': In order to test a robot's self-preservation programming, [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff300/fv00211.htm Florence asks this question.] The robot screams in terror and runs. She considers this a good response.

** And [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1000/fv00986.htm sometimes] the designers really have to give up.

* Dan [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_877.php jokes about it] in ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]''.

* Used [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20060914.html here] with [[Powered Armor]] in [[SSDD|S.S.D.D.]].

* ''[[The Whiteboard]]'': Asked of Swampy by Sandy, in [http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autowb509.html this strip.]

{{quote|Run Swampy! It's a trap!}}

* ''[[Karate Bears]]'' do not fall for [http://www.karatebears.com/2011/11/bear-trap.html this one.]

* ''[[Exterminatus Now]]'' played this with a spidery daemon princess who asked her high priests "[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2014-07-27/comic/tangled-web/dressing-for-dinner/ Tell me honestly - does this make my abdomen look big?]" At least normally a wrong answer can't get one devoured on the spot.

 

== Western Animation ==

* From ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'':

{{quote|'''Phineas''': [[Running Gag|Yes. Yes it does.]]}}

** The episode where Candace and Perry swap bodies is titled "Does this Duckbill Make Me Look Fat?"

{{quote|'''Hank:''' Honey, that's what's called a loaded question. Any possible answer I could give is a bullet waiting to blow my brains out.}}

* There was a cartoon involving two pythons. "Tell me the truth. Does swallowing this pig make me look fat?"

* ''Sev Trek: Puss in Boots'' (the Australian CGI spoof of [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]) has a shapeshifting alien imitating Worf and asking him "Tell me honestly; does my bum look big in this form?"

* One ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' sketch was a parody of ''[[Highlander]]'' replacing the Immortals with Hollywood starlets. After receiving her Quickening, Lindsey Lohan sputters "Does this power make me look fat?" before collapsing.

* In a ''[[Code Monkeys]]'' episode, Todd asked if a prison uniform made him look fat. Claire responded with, "No, Todd. Vision makes you look fat."

* Inverted in ''[[Chowder]]''. No answer was given.

{{quote|'''Chowder:''' Tell me Mung, does my butt make this dress look big?}}

{{quote|'''Nikki:''' But your fat ass sure does make your tiara look small.}}

* Germaine from ''[[Neurotically Yours]]' once asked this to Foamy. Being the short-tempered sociopath he is, Foamy angrily answers "Yes, you are a fat bastard! Now shut up!"

{{quote|who'd want to answer Rommie, armed with 40 missile tubes, plus AP and plasma cannon, PDLs, combat drones, Tweedles, and slipfighters, when she asks, "Does this hull make me look fat?"}}

* The [[Loading Ready Run]] video [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/20/Is-this-a-Date Is This A Date?], in the style of a dating show, demonstrates three ''very bad'' responses to this question. One of the bachelors embarks on a lengthy explanation of how he appreciates some "cushion for the pushin'", one awkwardly compares the woman to a bear hibernating for the winter, and one angrily tells her that she needs new pants, or to lose some weight.

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